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Hepatic clearance of 3H-gitoxin was studied in the rabbit using an isolated perfused liver technique with an emulsion of a perfluorocarbon. The liposoluble material in the perfusion medium was extracted with dichloromethane, and gitoxin was assayed in the extract by high performance liquid chromatography.
Pharmacokinetic parameters were estimated for the liposoluble (dichloromethane soluble) material in the water phase obtained by centrifugation of the emulsion, for the liposoluble material and unchanged gitoxin in the total emulsion.
Distribution and elimination half-lives of the liposoluble fraction in the water phase, were estimated to be 0.47 and 4.80 hours respectively, Vd to be 148 ml.g−1 and intrinsic clearance to be 1.16 ml.min−1 .g−1; these parameters were compared with those of a previous study with unlabelled gitoxin.
Distribution and elimination half-lives of the liposoluble compounds in the emulsion were estimated to be 0.48 a n d 4.62 hours, Vd to be 47 ml.g−1 and intrinsic clearance to be 1.07 ml. min−1. g−1; these data were compared with those of the liposoluble compounds in the water phase.
Distribution and elimination half-lives of unchanged gitoxin in the emulsion were estimated to be 0.22 and 0.70 hour, Vd to be 59 ml.g−1 and intrinsic clearance to be 11.4 ml.min−1 .g−1; these data were compared with those of the liposoluble compounds in the emulsion.
The subcellular distribution of gitoxin and its metabolites in the liver indicated that 79% of t h e radioactivity was found in the soluble fraction, no significant binding occurring in the mitochondrial and microsomal fractions.
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Pellegrin, P., Lesne, M. A further study of the pharmacokinetics of gitoxin in rabbit isolated liver: clearance of 3H-Gitoxin. European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics 10, 113–120 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03189704
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